Roulette history

The history of roulette is wide-ranging with lots of different ideas to its history. One idea to its history is that it’s so old that ancient Romans played a version of the game. The modern roulette wheel as we know it first appeared in history with a story about a game that involved a ball spinning around a wheel, this was referred to as “roly-poly” and was first noted in the early on in the 1700s.

Another popular theory about the game suggests the history of roulette is credited to the 17th Century French man Blaise Pascal who was a mathematician. There is also a legend that saying a man called Francois Blanc struck a deal with the devil to find out its secrets, Francois Blanc is famous for establishing the first casinos in Monte Carlo.

The first wheel as we know it was made in 1842 by Francois and Lois Blanc when they built a single Zero roulette wheel for the king of Monaco, King Charles III. Later on when the wheel travelled to America the Americans added a double zero slot. This is the difference between European and American roulette wheels, either a single zero or two zero’s

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